The Limelight, Six Chicks' Christmas Spectacular!

Welcome to the monthly project for Limelight Papercrafts. Every month the Six Chicks will share with you a special team project. This month was to create an ornament with a coordinating card or box. I can't wait to see what the other Chicks came up with. Here is mine, and I just love how it turned out. I can't wait to make more of these for gifts for the grandparents this year. I also can't wait to hang this on my tree next month. It was a beautiful day yesterday, so I was able to stage some photos with the pine trees in my back yard. I did do two ornaments, because I couldn't resist trying the paper strip ornaments with the Wassail paper. The prints in the whole pack are gorgeous and make any project beautiful. So this little round ornament is just an extra for today's post. They are super simple to make with just 12, 1 inch strips of designer paper and some ribbon. Now on to the "real" project. I used my Big Shot and the Top Note die to create this adorable ornament. The cool thing about this ornament is that it is double-sided! I first ran a piece of chipboard through the Big Shot to give my ornament some stability. I next cut a photo into the Top Note shape and attached it to one side of the chipboard piece. If you turn the ornament over, will see that I decorated it with designer paper and stamps! I chose two pieces of dp from the Wassail pack and ran those through the Big Shot, at the same time, thus saving a little bit of time. I pieced those together and mounted them onto the other side of the chipboard Top Note piece. I use mono-multi (almost on everything I do these days, it is my FAVE adhesive) to attach both the photo and dp to the chipboard. I stamped the Angel onto the Bazzil Bling diamond cs. This was the first time I'd used this cs and it is very cool. There is texture and shimmer on the cs, it is a marriage of two things I adore! The Angel is from Unity stamps. At the moment it is currently not in the Limelight store, but there are LOTS of other Unity stamps to choose from. (Mandy said, there are new Unity stamps arriving today, so I wouldn't be surprised if this one shows up!) I colored the Angel in with a blender pen and re-inkers and then I cut her out. Before I attached her to the ornament, I lined the back of her paper wings with Tulle! How cool is that?! Again, another embellishment I had never used. When I saw it in the Limelight store I was curious about it, so I got some to try. You should too, if only for something different, but once you do use it you'll like it! I needed a way to hang the ornament on a tree, so I used my crop-a-dial to punch a hole at the top and added two Basic Grey Wassail buttons for another bit of embellishment. I threaded some ribbon through it and tied a knot. I think it will make a great keepsake any close friend or family member would love! Okay, so I bet you thought I was done (I know it is a long post today, but I had lots of photos to share with this project!). Look, I even created a little coordinating pocket card so I had a way to send out the ornament! It is the size of a standard card, so It could fit in a standad A2 envelope, but it would be a tight squeeze. If you wanted to mail it off, you'd probably be better off putting it in a padded envie for safe delivery! On the outside I used the same Angel image on the same Bazzil bling cs. I did stamp the Unity, Hullaballoo image (I love this stamp for making fun, jazzy backgrounds.) I felt it was a bit festive so I used it here with some Christmas Red stickles! The ribbon used here is a nice sturdy, Sage twill ribbon. I just love how twill ties-can't go wrong with twill! Okay, and one more picture to share so you can see how the ornament fits inside. Then I am done, I promise. LOL! Thanks for sticking with me today! Don't forget to see what the other DT members put together for the Limelight Six Chicks' Christmas Spectacular!

Becky

Brandi

Katie

Ryann

Mandy

JenMarie

Jessica

Have a great Thursday! Hugs,